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Our police officers and civilian support staff are very proud to provide excellent community-based policing services to this great Municipality. We work hard every day to ensure the safety and quality of day-to-day life expected by the citizens of Port Hope.
News
Press Release
December 2nd, 2019
Around 10:30 am this morning December 2nd, 2019 Port Hope High School received an anonymous tip from a community member that a threat was being made against the school. Port Hope Police Service immediately instituted a lockdown. Students were kept in their classroom while police did a room by room search. An 18 year old male was taken into custody at his residence and was released later unconditionally as there4 was no viable threat.
December 2, 2019 - S/Sgt. K. Andrews
Media Release
Port Hope Police are issuing an alert out regarding an increase in reported scams and fraud incidents.
On the 21st of November Police took 3 separate complaints of scams. On woman received a face book message that’s she was going to receive an 80,000 dollar grant and that a parcel would be delivered to her that she needed to sign for. She then received a message that the parcel was held up at the border and that they needed 100 dollars to get it through. The scam artist told the woman they would accept payment in a Walmart gift card. She did get the card and sent
November 21, 2019 - PHPS
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